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With the present number of the NEws our discussion on 
priority in nomenclature closes for at least two calendar 
months. Whether it be reopened depends on future events 
and our contributors. Elsewhere in this issue we give the re- 
sults of the vote of North American entomologists on this 
question. The results throughout the world, as at present 
known to us, are: 
For strict Against strict 
Priority Priority 
Scandinavian Zoologists 2 120 
German Zoologists II Diy 
American Entomologists 95 191 
Total 108 426 
So far as the ballot instigated by the News is concerned, 
we believed it was desirable to determine whether strict prior- 
ity or the preservation of commonly used names was approved 
by the majority of working entomologists. When this is de- 
cided, the ways and means of carrying the decision into effect 
can be devised. 
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